The 2026 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina will be the 18th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores Femenina), South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The competition will be held in Ecuador from 15 to 31 October 2026.
The champions will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's Champions Cup. Brazilian club Corinthians are the defending champions, having won the three most recent editions of the competition.
Format For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups. Teams in each group will play one another in a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the quarter-finals. Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams will play a single-elimination tournament.
Teams The 16 participating teams will be: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations the title holders an additional team from the host association four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance in the tournament (associations in bold receive two berths according to the points total until the 2025 edition). Brazil: 320 points Colombia: 185 points Chile: 169 points Paraguay: 135 points Argentina: 123 points Ecuador: 83 points Venezuela: 82 points Uruguay: 56 points Peru: 47 points Bolivia: 43 points
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best resultBelgrano2025 Trofeo de Campeonas champions1st —Bolívar2026 Liga Femenina de Fútbol Boliviano champions1st —Corinthians 2025 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions9th Champions (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025)Cruzeiro 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino Série A1 runners-up1st —Palmeiras 2025 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino Série A1 third place3rd Champions (2022)Colo-Colo 2025 Liga Femenina champions12th Champions (2012)Universidad de Chile 2025 Liga Femenina runners-up6th Fourth place (2020)Deportivo Cali 2026 Liga Femenina champions5th Runners-up (2025)Santa Fe 2026 Liga Femenina runners-up7th Runners-up (2021, 2024) (hosts)Independiente del Valle 2026 Superliga Femenina champions4th Fourth place (2024)LDU Quito 2026 Superliga Femenina runners-up2nd Group stage (2011)Libertad 2025 Campeonato Anual FEM champions7th Quarter-finals (2025)Olimpia 2025 Campeonato Anual FEM runners-up5th Quarter-finals (2023, 2024)Universitario2025 Liga Femenina Clausura winners6th Group stage (2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2023) Nacional2025 Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino champions8th Fourth place (2021)Caracas2026 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions7th Runners-up (2014) Notes
Venues On 31 August 2026, CONMEBOL confirmed Quito as the host city, being this the third time the Ecuadorian capital will host the competition. Two stadiums will be used during the tournament:
Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado (capacity 41,575) Estadio Banco Guayaquil (capacity 12,000)
Match officials On 1 October 2026, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament, including a refereeing team from UEFA as part of the continuation of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding signed in February 2020, which included a referee exchange programme since 2021.
Association / ConfederationRefereesAssistant refereesRoberta EcheverríaSalomé di IorioMariana de AlmeidaGisela BossoAdriana FarfánWilma BalderramaMaricela UrapucaInés ChoqueCharly StraubDaiane MunizNeuza BackFabrini BevilaquaDione RissiosLeslie VásquezYomara SalazarErika SánchezMaría Victoria DazaMayra SánchezIris AlarcónJennifer CanchingreSusana CorellaViviana SeguraJoselyn RomeroAngelina RodasNadia WeilerNancy FernándezMilagros ArruelaGaby OncoyMariana AquinoDiana RuizAnahí FernándezNadia FuquesDaiana FernándezAdela SánchezStefani EscobarMigdalia RodríguezFrancis GarcíaUEFA Michalina Diakow Nahia Alonso Fernández Sara Silva Cunha
Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 14 September 2026, 12:30 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.
Two teams were directly assigned as seeds of groups A and B:
To Group A: as 2025 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions, Corinthians (Brazil 1) To Group B: the champions of the host association, Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 1)
The remaining teams (excluding the four teams from national associations with an extra berth) were seeded into three pots based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the tournament, with the highest two (Brazil 2 and Colombia 1) placed in Pot 1, the next four (Chile 1, Paraguay 1, Ecuador 2 and Argentina) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and Bolivia) in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance (Brazil 3, Chile 2, Colombia 2 and Paraguay 2) were seeded into Pot 4. From Pot 1, the first team drawn was placed into group C and the second team drawn placed into group D, both teams assigned to position 1 in their group. From each remaining pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B, the third team drawn placed into Group C and the final team drawn placed into Group D, with teams from Pot 2, 3 and 4 assigned to positions 2, 3 and 4 in their group. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
The draw resulted in the following groups: + Group ATeamA1 CorinthiansA2 Colo-ColoA3 CaracasA4 Santa Fe+ Group B TeamB1 Independiente del ValleB2 BelgranoB3 UniversitarioB4 Palmeiras+ Group C TeamC1 CruzeiroC2 LDU QuitoC3 BolívarC4 Olimpia+ Group D TeamD1 Deportivo CaliD2 LibertadD3 NacionalD4 Universidad de Chile Group stage In the group stage, the teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 23). Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Number of red cards; Number of yellow cards; Drawing of lots.
The winners and runners-up of each group will advance to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, ECT (UTC–5).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final stages Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams will play a single-elimination tournament. If tied after full time, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 26).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
See also 2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League 2026 CAF Women's Champions League 2025–26 CONCACAF W Champions Cup 2026 OFC Women's Champions League 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League
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